Finch Computing Python- Full Stack Developer

Clearance Level: Top Secret w/ Polygragh

Finch Computing is a fast-growing, fast-paced software development organization; our mission is to build new ways of interacting with information. We do that by leveraging game-changing intellectual property, cloud infrastructure expertise, and a staff that is second to none. Together, we build and support products that address complex, real-time data and analytics needs in the enterprise.

We are looking for a full stack developer for re-architecting and modernizing the customer's mission-focused operational system. -This will include their web application, backend database and ingest capability for existing and new data providers. The majority -of the legacy code is written in Java and will need to be updated, improved or rewritten in Python as we modernize and migrate to the cloud.

Responsibilities:

- Modify java-based applications and scripts to support new requirements

- Evaluate and migrate legacy Java code to Python for backend processes

- Develop and integrate new capabilities in a Java-based web application, as well as develop a custom interface to compile and display metrics for the system and its users

- Collaborate with system stakeholders to identify new capabilities and development timeline for implementation, triage issues and quickly develop system patches to minimize impact to customer workflows

- Submit monthly written summary reports of accomplishments

Minimum Required:

• Must be a US Citizen
• Must have a TS/SCI with Polygraph
• Willing to work onsite in Government customer sites in Northern Virgina
• Accepting all levels:
  • Junior: Typically requires a minimum of 1-3 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or a Master's degree without experience; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent work experience
  • Mid: Typically requires a minimum of 3-7 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 1-5 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent work experience
  • Senior: Typically requires a minimum of 8-12 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 6-8 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3-5 years experience; or equivalent experience
• Minimum 2 years of experience with software development

Technical Skills Preferred:

• Programming experience with Java and Python programming
• Experience with Postgres SQL
• Familiarity building front-end user interfaces using JavaScript
• Familiarity building REST APIs with a back-end framework such as Django or Flask
• Functional knowledge using version control with Git
• Functional knowledge of various build tools (e.g., webpack, gradle, maven)
• Experience with building containerized microservices and web applications with Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience configuring and managing Elastic Stack components to include configuring and managing an Elasticsearch cluster, installing and configuring Logstash and other Beats data providers, and building visualizations and dashboards in Kibana.
• Understanding of Geospatial concepts and exposure to GIS technologies
• Understanding of imagery data, metadata ingest, processing, storage, and retrieval
• Understanding of Full Motion Video (FMV), metadata ingest, storage and display
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins or GitLab
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and its core services (i.e., EC2, S3, SQS)
• Experience with NetApp storage and retrieval